The Signs
By Miguel Quesada – The Beat Within Seventeen years ago, at the age of 16, I sat in a juvenile…
Journalism
France’s Grief Through A Young American’s Eyes
After graduating from UCLA, I postponed the monotony of a 9 to 5 and ran away to teach English in…
Standing Up For Bookworms
One day, my teacher instructed us all to participate in a game where you stand in line and step up if a certain question applies to who you are, and step back if it doesn’t. The teacher said step up if you love to read. As I looked down the line of my 25 classmates, I noticed that everyone was still — like lumps.
Discussion: How Does Your Community View Depression?
Depression in teens can be difficult to recognize, particularly when you factor in cultural views of mental illness. This resource includes discussion questions and resources for high school students.
Nation Needs Prescription To Cure Prescription Drug Abuse
I was 13 years old when I was called to the principal’s office and ushered into a small room. My…
Siblings Begin Anew
New beginnings are often elusive. For Youth Radio’s Soraya Shockley , she and her brother found a way to start again, during a week long family road trip.
Life After A Shooting
I was 8 years old, asleep in the top bunk of my bed, when I heard guys yelling outside my…
DIY Toolkit: How Teens Want You To Teach #BlackLivesMatter
Youth Radio teens and teachers sat down together to come up with a lesson plan for how educators can facilitate a productive conversation about race, police and violence, grounded in a collection of stories created by Youth Radio’s reporters and commentators.
The Game of Assasins
I woke up to a text message saying I had to kill a classmate within a week or I would…